<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d028e888-539e-4ac2-985d-e605f1531c2d/A56FCD2C-2F7F-4739-9BB2-8CAD6A3A80A7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sundrybuzz.com/2008/08/14/how-to-soften-new-sheets/" href="http://www.sundrybuzz.com/2008/08/14/how-to-soften-new-sheets/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sundrybuzz.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sundrybuzz.com/2008/08/14/how-to-soften-new-sheets/"><H2>How to soften new sheets</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sundrybuzz.com/2008/08/14/how-to-soften-new-sheets/"> <P>I bought some new sheets recently, ran them through a regular wash cycle before putting them on our bed, and immediately thought, wait, did I accidentally buy a <EM>negative</EM> thread count? They were so stiff and almost scratchy. After doing some hunting online, I did the following:</p> <P>• Washed them on the hottest setting<BR>• Used no detergent (the idea is that new sheets have chemicals on them and detergent just makes it worse)<BR>• Added lots of fabric softener<BR>• Dumped in a cup or so of baking soda during the wash cycle<BR>• Took them out of the dryer as soon as they were dry, rather than leaving them to sit in there for a while</p> <P>They came out about a thousand times softer, I couldn’t believe it. Plus, the baking soda made them smell really fresh and clean and nice. I’ve also read that you can add a cup of white vinegar during the rinse cycle to help break down residues, but I haven’t tried this yet. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A56FCD2C-2F7F-4739-9BB2-8CAD6A3A80A7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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